NMS Sublocotenent Ghiculescu

Sublocotenent Ghiculescu at sea
History
France
Name	Mignonne
Builder	Arsenal de Brest, France
Launched	1917
Completed	1918
Commissioned	1918
Out of service	1920
Fate	Sold to Romania
Romania
Name	Sublocotenent Ghiculescu
Commissioned	1920
Out of service	1944
Reinstated	1945
Fate	Stricken, 2002
Soviet Union
Name	Angara
Commissioned	1944
Out of service	1945
Fate	Returned to Romania
Service record
Operations:	Evacuation of the Crimea
Victories:	2 submarines and 1 MTB sunk
General characteristics
Class and type	Friponne-class gunboat
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	344 tons (standard) 443 tons (full load)
Length	62.1 m (203 ft 9 in)
Beam	7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Draft	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 Sulzer diesel engines, 2 shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	50
Armament	As built: 2 × 100 mm naval guns 2 x 400 mm depth charge throwers World War II: 2 × 100 mm naval guns 4 x 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns 2 x 400 mm depth charge throwers

NMS Sublocotenent Ghiculescu was a specialized ASW gunboat of the Romanian Navy. Initially built as a French warship in late World War I, she was purchased by Romania in 1920 and fought during World War II, sinking two submarines and one motor torpedo boat. After 1 year of Soviet service, she was returned to Romania and served as a survey vessel until 2002.